Sanawaz Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Sanawaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Sanawaz (40) may also be a first name.
Sanawaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanawaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanawaz (Hindi: शाहनवाज, Oriya: ସାହନୱାଜ) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanawaz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 83 percent of Sanawaz live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,614,485th most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 40 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 60 percent are found, Kerala, where 20 percent are found and West Bengal, where 20 percent are found. Beside India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanawaz Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanawaz in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାହନୱାଜ | sahanawaja | - |
| Sanawaz in the Hindi language | ||
| शाहनवाज | sahanavaja | 50 |
| सानवाज | sanavaja | 50 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sanawaz
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